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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-23
CANINE SAGACiTY.
How q Chicago Dog Tried TO Deceive Him.
self and His Mistress.

How q Chicago Dog Tried to Deceive Him.
self and His Mistress.
A lady living on the North Side is the
owner of very sagacious Newfoundland
dog called Don, says the chi
cago Journal The ether day Don, who
quite frequently goes to the grocery or
market for his mistress, was sent after
basket of eggs. As he was returning
home, carrying his basket with proud,
dignified air, he met dog against whom
he evidently had an old grudgo. He set
his burden down carefully on the walk;
then, giving bark Of challenge, started
after his enemy on a dead run. A friend
of his mistress, who witnessed this pro-
ceeding, picked up the basket and car
ried it TO its proper destin alton. Mean
while, Don, having vanquished his foe
returned to the spot where he had left
his eggs. On discovering that they had
disappeared, he ran around frantically
irving to find them. Finding his effer
vain, he sat down and lifted up his voice
in q howl of anguish, as visions o.
his mistress whip, or at leas
the loss of his dinner crosses
his mind. Suddenly he started for HON
at brisk trot. Sneaking out into thu
back yard, he picked up an old, discardet
| basket that lay in one corner OF the yard
| and carried it in and deposited it at tn
feet of his mistress. He has been laugh
| that when he goes to the grocery for an.
article they do not happen to have, to re
| turn and give a succession OF sharp parks
This he proceeded to do, as II to say
.They.were out of eggs to-day"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-23
SIGHTS IN FLORIDA.
| How . Generous Young Man RECALLED Him.
self and His Blushing Bride.

How . Generous Young Man RECALLED Him.
self and His Blushing Bride.
While travelling in Central Florida a few
DAYS since our train halted at small
country station, writes q Hartford Times
correspondent. Among the passengers
that came into the car in which we were
seated was an awkward, er-groWn
young man, who seemed to have too many
hands, feet and elbows to dispose OF, and
which were ever in his way. Accom-
panying him was q young woman, evil
IDENTIFY his sweetheart, who was attlred IN
bright scarlet dress. She wore blue
velvet bonnet, covered with long black
Grape veil. She was probably in half
mourning for some relative. Soon after
being seated the enterprlsing fruit-vender
came through the car. The young man
from the rural district fumbled in his
pocket is and produced small homemade
purse Ia little bag made Of mattress-cloth
striped blue and white, gathered with =
string at the top), from the contents OF
which he purchased one banana and a
few peanuts. Peeling the banana, ne nrst
bit OF piece himself, chewing 1T with
evident satisfaction, and then held 1t to
the mouth Of his sweetheart, who also
took bite.
He then helped himself, as before, to an.
other bite, and they thus alternately re-
duced it's size until the whole was eaten,
after which they RECALLED themselves with
peanuts until reaching their destined sta
ton, when he took her hand and led her
| OF the car.
It is not uncommon to see teams COM
| ing in from the country on market days
consisting Of single steer or cow at
| tached to q small homemade cart OF two
wheels, the driver generally negro boy
or woman. The steed is usually Of stunt
ed growth, and very thin in flesh. 1t i.
guided by bits, which are OF home con
struction, made according to the native
ingenuity of the owner, and to which
ropes for reins are attached, though no
unfrequently the ropes are tied to I'M
horns, and the driver pulls on the rlgh
| or left horn to turn the head of the ami
NAL in the desired direction.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-23
MEAT IN SUMMER.
gome OF the Most Eficacious Means OF
Preventing Its Decay.

Bome OF the Most Efdcacious Means OF
Preventing Its Decay.
Summer, as housekeepers know. is
the time when it is difficult to hang
meat long enough to be tender without
its becoming tainted. Some advise
that the joint be securely bound with
singing nettles, and hung up in a
canvas bag. Another simple way is
to moisten a clean cloth with malt
vinegar. and wrap it round the meat;
while third plan, easily carried out
by country residents. consists in COW
ering the meat with buttermiik, which
must be renewed every second day.
Buttermilk is said to be good for
soaking old game, hares especially,
which can be made tender by the
treatment The same auth GRITTY is loud
in the praise of salicylic acid, (which
has no injurious effect on the system.
while the antiseptic properties are
great" To prepare it, put drachm
| into a wine-bottle, and fill up with
lukewarm water Meat just commenc-
ing to petrify should be brushed over
with this at intervals of few minutes
for half an hour, then washed in warm,
and lastly in cold water. Dry we'll be-
fore cooking, if it is to be roasted.
Another way to use the acid is to dis
solve quarter of an ounce in
pint of cognac. Two ounces
of this solution may be added
with advantage to each quart OF liquid
used for preserving fruits. Another
use-soak the papers for laying on jam
in the solution; those that touch the
preserve, we mean, not the outer wrap
pers.
Joints of meat will keep good, even
in the hottest weather, for month, il
plunged into boiling fat and, when
cool, wrapped in straw, then sewed in
canvas bags and hung in cool place.
Venison is said to be delicious il
sprinkled, while fresh. with mixture
of charcoal ginger, pepper and plmen'
to, all in powder; afterwards sewed up
and buried six feet in the ground, where
it may be left for weeks. 1t must be
washed before cooking at brisk fire.
Salt should never be put on meat to bt
hung, it has such hardening ten
dency.
Perhaps few things are purer and
more efficacious than a weak solution
of permanganate of potash. for restor
ing game, meat or poultry already
tainted. How often will q few hour
work the mischief in sultry weather
the meat changing to such an extern
as to appear almost Immediately
: spoiled However, by washing in thu
LIQUID it can be sweetened. AS Ion.
as the liquid changes color-that is
loses its pink tint and becomes green
ish-brown-it must be renewed. Whel
it ceases to change color the meat will
do. After this treatment it is NOR
suitable for braising. boiling or stew
ing, than for roasting and baking-al
though it may be so treated if wei
dried and Toured. Casselrs Fanau..
Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-23

A NEW GRANT STORY.
How the General Came Into Possession
OF His Favorite Driving Horse.

How the General Came Into Possession
of His Favorite Driving Horse.
Colonel H A. Chadwick recently
told little story about General Grant
that ought to be published:
I'm 1864 General Grant was good
deal at headquarters in Washington.
He loved fast horse. and he thought
the big chestnut Cincinnatus he then
drove wound take the dust from no
other in Washington. One day he was
spinning along the road on the out
skirts of the town when he noticed a
rough-looking grey horse trottlng
along to two-wheeled butcher-wagon
filled with meat. The General flew
past the wagon, but the gray just set
back his ears and the way he made
the mud fly along that road was just
astonishing. He got his nose to the
rear of Grants buggy, he pulled his
head up to the hind wheels, and his
forequarters were soon patterinS along
in a swift, never-breaking trot neal
the heels of the great Cincinn atus'
Grant got mad and used his whip. the
butcher driver laughed wickedly and
held the reins taut on the gray, and
the meat-wagon jolting aud jumping.
showered the dirt from its wheels ovel
the General and into the nose OF the
horse he thought could not be beat.
Next morning early, little Webster
of Grants staff. came over to me ane
| said: Chad, the old man is as mad a
sheol this morning. He was out OF
the road yesterday, and got beat by
gray horse dragging load OF beef
| Now he wants that horse, and you ar
to buy it for him. Here's his checl
signed in blank, and you must no
lose that animal for $1,000 Well, t.
make long story short, I found VIII
owned the horse, and rs luck woul'
have it, got him into my stable TO
$3.50, and ten minutes after he was a
headquarters in Grants possession
| When the General drove him out tn
next day, the butcher saw him, and il
half an hour the man Of meat was
our hotel making the air blue TO
having sold the horse at so low
figure. Bnt threw in little bonu
and sent him away satisfied. Gran
drove that horse for ten years. and
was his favorite animal during all tina
time. 1t finally died on the General
farm in Missouri. Y Graphic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-23
CORN CULTIVATION.
How to Insure a Healthy Growth of tn
Young Plants.

How to Insure a Healthy Growth OF the
Young Plants.
When corn is small, before the roots
have reached out any considerable dis
lance, neither deep nor shallow plow-
ing disturbs the roots. If the soil is
wet, running out clean burrows with
the diamond pillow, running the bar OF
the pillow as close as possible to the
plant, often results in decided benefits.
Later on, after the roots have made
considerable growth and have ex-
tended between the rows, deep blowing
must of necessity disturb them.
A certain per cent. of the nutriment
required by the plant in order to make
good growth is obtained from the
soil, as taken up by the feeding roots.
If a portion of these were cut off or
torn out it is evident that there must
be decrease in the amount of nutri-
ment taken up, as there IS
decreased number of vessels
to take it out of the soil and convey to
the plants. AS the plants make growth
further demand is made upon the soil;
the roots reach out, some, of course,
making a downward course for moist
ure, but certain proportion-larger
| in some than in others-reach out near
the surface. If the cultivation is shall
low very few of these are distur bed,
while if deep cultivation is given it is
evident that considerable portion
must be injured.
After the weather becomes warm and
dry, the soil will dry out rapidly to the
depth that it is stirred, so that if deep
cultivation is given during the summer
after the corn has made a good
growth, not only is there more or
less disturbances of the roots. but
the soil dries out deeper, and the
plants, in consequence, do not Sc
cure the moisture they need. In
the early stages of growth very often
considerable benefit can be derived
by using the plow in cultivating the
corn, especially if the season has been
wet, or the weeds have secured
good start to grow before cultivation
has been commenced.
But later on, after the roots have
extended out between the rows and
the season has become drier, the
moisture in the soil must in a meas
ure, be pro tected by shallow stirring
of the soil to give the best results.
With the corn crop keep the surface
comparatively level, stirring frequent
ly, keeping the filth fine and level
making two or three inches of mellow
soil act as a mulch, to retain the
moisture and avoid largely any cut
ting or misplacing of the roots OF thu
growing corn.-Cor. Farm, Field o'a6
Stockmdaa
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-23
uHLAND'S CENTENNIAL
A German Poet Whose Works Were Sir
cereIy Admired by Longfellow.

A German Poet Whose Works Were Sim
cereIy Admired by Longfellow.
A century ago April 26, Ludwig Uh-
land, one of the most popular of mod
ern German poets. was born at Iubin-
ein, an old town on the Neckar, where
he spent the best part of his life, and
the inhabitants of which place have
never allowed their prophet to be de-
spised in his own country. Wherever
the German tongue is spoken, there
INLAND has made home for himself,
first by his patriotic ballads, with which
he stirred the heart of his countrymen
at the beginning of the century. when
.sthe waves of the Adriatic moaned
over the loss of Germany" and
later on by his songs and other poems.
Scholar, lawyer. politician and anti
quarian though he was, he remained
always first and foremost a man, a
| poet Of the people. whose joys and sor-
rows he expressed as no other poet has
| done before or after him. AS the
Deutsche Rundshau aptly says i'll re-
cent article by II. Grimm;
.sUhl and's memory is kept alive by his
| pOo1uS, WulSA AooSA
like bells, and the rich music of which
time has been unable to impair. The
language in the rustling of the German
forest and the mysterious sound OF the
| mountain streams, whose whence and
whittier no one knows, and which are
only met within the infinite solitude OF
the forest, have been taught by
INLAND. Nobody can express the
longing which is awakened BY
look from some height over oul
country and the silver lines of ou'
rivers as Uhland's shepherd boy, wht
looks down upon all the castles, ane
for whose funeral, too, the bells in thu
valley will some time be tolling." Ii
England the name of the poet is chiefly
associated with his version, in ballae
form, of the legend of the ''Luck o
Eden hail." while Longfellow's trans
lations have familiarized the Englisl
public with several of his poems base'
on old legends. The first edition o
the poets works was published IN 1915
at his death, in 1862, over thirty edi
tons had appeared; in 1875 the sixtietl
was published, and the demand
still increasing. Pail Mall Gazette.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-23
THE LATEST IN CANES.
A Brooklyn Dealers Chat About the
Woods Now In Use.

A Brooklyn Dealers Chat About the
Woods Now In Use.
1.-The very latest thing in canes is
the hazel stick" said Fulton street
shopkeeper. lit resembles mina ture
tree, is big at the end and has large
body. Here is one. You see that the
wood is finely grained and that the
bark is genuine. These sticks cost
seyenty-five cents and one dollar, and
ARE much affected by impecunious
Young men who ape the New York
dudes. Canes are cut in the rough
, and brought to the city in carloads.
In some mountainous districts many OF
! the inhabitants do nothing else but cut
and ship cane wood. In one factory
in New York over ten thousand canes
are turned out daily. They are hewed
and turned wholly by machinery.
Expert cane-makers earn big wages"
what are the principal woods now
in use?"
..Florida oak, English hazel, dog
wood, thorn, lockwood, apple, mulber-
nv. diamond willow, orange. yacca,
red gum, cedar, chestnut, hickory,
pear. lignumvite and bog oak. The
last named wood comes from Ireland
and make most handsome stick The
natives are quite clever at carving.
They ornament the canes with sham
rocks, harps and thistles. while on
some castles in which the Blarney
Stone is said to be locked up are
carved. Here is perfect bog oak.
You can see that while the carving il
rough it is we'll executed. The tine
lines show the best. The work is al
done bv hand, and to carve a stick
"a we'll as this must be the work
of many days. Bog oak is found
in the boys of Ireland. The Older
the wood the better stick it makes.
shouldn't wonder but that the wood OF
which this stick is made has lain in the
water for hundred years. No. gold
headed canes are now not considered
fashionable. They are aHected o.
elderly men. Silver-headed canes VII
be worn as long as the dude continue
to exist. heard the other day that
fashionable young man, q resident
BROOKLYN, was poisoned by sucking
cane the head of which contained
brass, but probably this was a Hbelou
tale" said the man of canes withou
blushing-
Continuing, the reporters informan
said:
Ebony and rosewood are the stocI
sticks. They are appreciated becaus
of their strength. and surely what ca,
be more handsome than highly-pol
ished ebony stick with a gold head
Silver~topped canes sell as high as tel
dollars, but many of those sold b.
interruptions dealers contain less thai
two dollars worth of silver. The sam
fraud is often practiced in gold-heade'
canes. which sell from twenty dollar
up. The buckthorn stick has had IL
day and is now but little used. In
cane is perhaps more popular in Amer
lea than England. In the latter coun
try it is considered a weakness for
man TO carry cane and they are no
G affected by the nobility. Light cane
ware preferable in summer. In un
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-23
w YORK FASHIONS.

Aeasf Novelties In Ladies' Boots and
NStsl& es, Hosiery and Summer Cloths.
AoIbts and shoes are less pointed,
without, however. being quite square
at The toes The two styles have made
mutual concessions, and in conse-
quence boots taper, but stop short be-
fore forming decided point. Silk
stockings in colors of fawn, heliotrope,
Roman red, pale bronze. moss green,
cameo and silver. are considered the
hose par excellence this season to be
worn with fine summer shoes and
sandals of lightweight French kid.
Very ornate low-cut sandals and slip
pers. with tabs, straps, bands, and
buckles, are still very fashionable for
drawing-room toilets. but are never
adopted for the street, except for
carriage wear during the very heated
summer weather; however, half low
Newport ties, Fedora shoes, and me-
dium-high opera shoes will be seen on
the promenade, these invariable worn
with stockings of jet black, no other
color being admissible, unless perhaps
exception be made of golden-brown
silk stockings or hose of fine Lisle
thread of this color, worn with half
low shoes of bronze kid.
One of the pretty combin atoms of
the moment Of which there are so
many, shows an underskirt of cream
colored satin foulard, brocaded with
rose blossoms in shaded pink. sur
rounded with delicate green leaves.
Upon this is draped in such manner
as to leave the left side entirely ex.
posed shepherdess polonaise OF
moss-green crepe de chine, the silk OF
the finest texture and of wonderful
luster. The drapery is Topped high on
the left side, almost to the waist,
where is placed cluster of moss
green and pale pink ribbons with
loops of unequal length. The sleeves
reach to just below the elbow, and the
corsage portion, also of the figured
foulard, opens over blouse vest o.
the crepe de chine, which is trimmed
with jaboted frill of cream lace from
throat to belt. This costume is de
signed for summer evening dancing
dress for a pretty young blonde, whose
rose-and-lily complexion enables her tt
oou GhIS Wei y VI AhS eAhs JoSo Az" ~
fashionable, with impunity.
Decided contrasts in color and thu
use of summer cloths are the features
of the most elegant French tailo
gowns. For example, a heliotrop
armure opens over a vest and petticoa
of Suede cloth, decorated with band
of heliotrope silk gimp. Amoss- greer
nuns cloth costume has a lower Skin
of gray-white pilot-cloth, striped wit
moss green. Serge gowns of brigh
Roman red for natty young ladies ar
half concealed by elaborate braid EN-
broideries, or with passementeries. o
very deep geranium red. while TO
more mature women are dark gree
costumes draped on golden brown, o
suits of gray cloth over underdresse
of striped cloth, showing three dlstinc
shades of gray alternating with hal
stripe of japanese red. The basque
of these dresses are handsomely trim
med in front, but are severely plain i
the back, often being cut with the pos
tillion plaits, and in many cases bein
finished with a single point, or with a.
the handful of plaits in the middl
seam we're closely Tapped over eac
other and cut In points at the end.-o
y Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-23
Horrible vindictiveness.

First saleslady-What a vindictive
girl that person over at the umbrella
counter IS!
Second SaIeslady-Indeed?
First Saleslady-Yes. She told Mag
gle Root yesterday that she wouldn't
give her mouthful of food if she was
drowning.-Ttd-Bits.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-23

The farmer who lives on farm
lacking in fertility should make close
calculations how many calves can be
raise and how many good ewes can be
kept. He will not be up to his priv.
leges if he does not have big field OF
fodder corn to help out the cows in
dry weather and the haymow in VIM
ter.-Our Country Home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-23

Some months ago Miss Mary
Kovar and Charles Va mex, of East
Grand Forks, d. I, were at a social
gathering, and just for fun played the
part of bride and groom in a mock
marriage. 1t happened that the man
who personated the clergyman was a
Justice of the Peace, and on the
strength of this Vanek, who is an
elderly man. recently insisted that
Miss Kovar should go with him to his
claim shanty as mistress of his home.
She refused. and vehemently denied
that she was his wife. Vanek has
given notice to the young men in the
settlement to keep away from his wife.
and proposes to test the legality Of the
marriage in the courts.-N 7. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-23
Cocoanuts and Pineapples.

Cocoanut-raising is a growing indus
try in Southern Florida. Pineapples
and coeoanuts pay very we'll Ten
thousand pineapples can be raised, it
is said, to an acre. and the same
amount of space will support fifty
cocoanut trees. The latter require
very little cultivation. They begin to
bear at from nine to twelve years OF
age and produce from eighty to one
hundred and fifty mats to the tree.
They bring about five cents apiece to
the grower. Many groves have been
planted within few years. One New
Jersey gentleman has $50. 900 trees
N Y Star.
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brefa heads many novelties are shown.
The natural wood hardle is best, I
think, for daily wear, but many prefer
gold and silver handles. Yes. there is
profit in this business, but not so big
one as many people imagine. said
the cane man in conclusion. Brooklyn
EaQle.
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a sou.re statement by a Carpenter.

"For years have had chest trouble
I saao how others in like condition had been
cured by the use of DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, and resolved to test its
merits in my own case. The results are 81
plane as hardly to require bitstock or any
auqer-ment in favor Of this CRATE remedy. j
does aol it claimsl It builds up the system
supports and strengthens where other!
fail" He adz: my recovery, which /!
now on sure foundation, hinges entirely OF
the compass of this wonderful Restorative
having tried other remedies without a 6i
of relief
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-23

1t has been computed that the
death rate of the globe is 81 minute,
81. 100 day and 35. $50. 1856 year, and
the birth rate 20 minute, 100, 800 a
day and Sc, 1872, 900 a year.-M + Sun
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-23

FooD makes Blood and Blood makes
Beauty. Improper digestion OF food neces-
sarily produces bad blood, resulting IN
feeling of fullness in the stomach, acidity,
heartburn, sick-headache, and other dys-
peptic symptoms. A closely confined life
ness and loss OF appetite. foremove these
troubles there is no remedy equal to PRICK,
" Ash Bitters. It has been tried and
proven to be specific.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-23

suffer dizziness, indigestion, Inflammation
of the eyes, headache, lassitude, inability
to perform mental work and indisposiGion
for bodily labor, and annoy and disgust
your friends and acquaintances with your
nasal twang and offensive breath and con-
slant efforts to clean your nose and throat,
when DR.. Sage's "Catarrh Remedy will
promptly relieve you of discomfort and
suffering, and your friends Of the disgust
ing and needless infections Of your loathe
some disease.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-23

THERE is Means Of Graduating local dis
ease of the skin, viz: Glenn's sulphur soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, SOC.
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A DEAD giveaway-"And Ibequeath my
mortal remains to the cause OF science"
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THE MARKETS.

3 months treatment for Soc. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. Sold by druggists